pat testing

[james.cumming]

Think of Pat testing as pocket money. Most shops, small offices and hmo flats you are lucky if you have 30 items. I charge £60 for the first 30 items and £1.50 per item after that. Minor repairs included. Building site are the best test every 3 months and the 110V leads get trashed. Good money in repairing them and replacing crushed plug tops etc.

 

[expo09]

It really depends on what type of business you think you can attract. A lot of people aren't aware of PAT testing so it's not as though every business is using PAT testing services. To make a decent profit you need to be targeting larger organisations, such as large businesses or schools. Then you can test a large number of appliances at once and charge more.

 

[sparks_114]

I think the PAT industry is as good as dead with the likes of 70p an appliance test offers. My take on it is this: I would do PAT in the way of offering a complete service to my clients. If you have a customer base it might be that one day they'll ask you to carry out PAT and if you refused it may be that they will get someone else to carry out the PAT, and who also do everything else too. So look at as providing your clients with a complete service, which in the long run will increase earnings, as opposed to the PAT actually making you any real money. Also, can you all stop saying PAT testing! Portable Appliance Testing Testing?! Hope I am allowed to be pedantic. Cheers